wicker_man
Active Member
I currently have a MacBook Pro with two Western Digital My Book Pro external hard drives (750 + 500GB) connected via Firewire 800. My very important data is copied onto both HDDs, but if either of the drives fail, I will still loose some data or TV recordings or will have to re-rip my DVD/CD collection. I also have a partition on the 750GB drive for Time Machine.
Therefore, I was thinking of purchasing some kind of external enclosure where I can install two 1tb hard drives and configure them in RAID 1 (mirroring) and connect it via eSATA to my MacBook Pro (using an expresscard adapter) to ensure I do not lose any data if a drive fails.
Can anybody recommend such an enclosure?
I have seen a few on eBay (Mapower TB32 and TSUNAMI Ultimate II 3500) but are they any good? I can't seem to find much information on them from a Google search.
I would then sell both of my WD drives (which are about 6 months old) to fund the purchase of 2x 1TB hard drives. But, I would still need a dedicated single drive for Time Machine, so I'm undecided whether to buy a cheap single disk USB external or keep one of the WD drives. I suppose it depends how much I would be able to sell them for whether it would be worth it.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Therefore, I was thinking of purchasing some kind of external enclosure where I can install two 1tb hard drives and configure them in RAID 1 (mirroring) and connect it via eSATA to my MacBook Pro (using an expresscard adapter) to ensure I do not lose any data if a drive fails.
Can anybody recommend such an enclosure?
I have seen a few on eBay (Mapower TB32 and TSUNAMI Ultimate II 3500) but are they any good? I can't seem to find much information on them from a Google search.
I would then sell both of my WD drives (which are about 6 months old) to fund the purchase of 2x 1TB hard drives. But, I would still need a dedicated single drive for Time Machine, so I'm undecided whether to buy a cheap single disk USB external or keep one of the WD drives. I suppose it depends how much I would be able to sell them for whether it would be worth it.
Thanks in advance for any advice.